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4872762596ScienceAn endeavor to discover how nature works and use that knowledge to make predictions about what is likely to happen in nature.0
4872762597DataInformation needed to answer questions1
4872762598ExperimentsProcedures carried out under controlled conditions to gather information and test ideas2
4872762599Scientific HypothesisA possible and testable explanation of what they observe in nature or in the experiments3
4872762600ModelAn approximate representation or simulation of a system being studied.4
4872762601Scientific TheoryA well-tested and widely accepted scientific hypothesis or a group of related hypothesis5
4872762602Peer ReviewHappens when scientists report details of the methods and models they used, the results of their experiments6
4872762603Deductive ReasoningUsing specific observations and measurements to arrive at a general conclusion7
4872762604Scientific Law/ Law of NatureA well tested and widely accepted description of what we find happening over and over again8
4872762605Paradigm ShiftWhen new discoveries and new ideas can overthrow a well accepted scientific theory or law9
4872762606Tentative Science or Frontier SciencePreliminary scientific data, hypothesis, and models that have not been widely tested and accepted.10
4872762607Reliable ScienceConcepts and ideas that are widely accepted by experts in a particular field of the natural or social sciences11
4872762608Unreliable ScieceScientific results or hypothesis presented as a reliable science but not having undergone the rigors of the peer review process.12
4872762609ProtonsPositively Charged13
4872762610NeutronsNo electrical charge14
4872762611ElectronsNegatively charged15
4872762612NucleusExtremely tiny center of an atom making up most of the atom's mass.16
4872762613Atomic NumberNumber of protons in the nucleus of an atom17
4872762614Mass NumberSum of the number of neutrons and the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom18
4872762615Law of Conservation of EnergyWhen energy is converted from one form to another in a physical or chemical change, no energy is created or destroyed19
4872762616Second Law of ThermodynamicsWhen energy changes from one form to another, we always end up with lower quality or less usable energy than we started with20
4872762617Low Quality EnergyDispersed and has little capacity to do useful work.21
4872762618SystemA set of components that function and interact in some regular way22
4872762619Energy EffiencyA measure of how much useful work is accomplished by a particular input of energy into a system23
4872762620Positive Feedback LoopCauses a system to change further in the same direction24
4872762621Negative/Corrective Feedback LoopCauses a system to chance in the opposite direction from which it is moving25
4872762622Tipping PointThreshold level as which an environmental problem causes a fundamental and irreversible shift in the behavior of a system26
4872762623Synergistic InteractionInteraction of two or more factors or processes so that the combined effect is greater than the sum of their separate effects27
4872762624InputMatter, energy, or information entering a system28
4872762625Flows or Through PutsRate of flow of matter, energy, or information through a system29
4872762626Inductive ReasoningInvolves using specific observations and measurements to arrive at a general conclusion or hypothesis30
4872762627MatterAnything that has mass and takes up space31
4872762628CompoundsCombinations of two or more different elements held together in fixed proportions32
4872762629AtomSmallest unit of matter into which an element can be divided and still retain its chemical properties33
4872762630IsotopesForms of an element having the same atomic number but different mass numbers34
4872762631IonAn atom or groups of atoms with one or more net positive or negative electrical charges35
4872762632AcidityA chemical characteristic that helps determine how a substance dissolved in water will interact with and affect its environment36
4872762633MoleculeA combination of two or more atoms of the same or different elements held together by forces called chemical bonds37
4872762634Organic CompoundsContain at least 2 carbon atoms combined with atoms of one or more other elements38
4872762635Physical ChangeA change in which the chemical composition of a molecule does not change39
4872762636Chemical ChangeA change in which the chemical composition of a molecule does change40
4872762637Nuclear FissionA nuclear change in which the nuclei of certain isotopes with large mass numbers are split apart into lighter nuclei when struck by neutrons41
4872762638Nuclear FusionA nuclear change in which two isotopes of light elements are forced together at extremely high temperatures until they fuse to form a heavier nucleus.42
4872762639Law of Conservation of MatterWhen a physical or chemical change occurs, no atoms are created nor destroyed.43
4872762640Nuclear ChangesChanges in the Nuclei of its atoms44

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